Tool for inserting fasteners in machine belting



June 14, 1.949.

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other below it, are connected together by vertical pins 30 which extend through oversize holes in the bar I8. Behind the pins is a stiff leaf spring 32 bent to the wave-like shape shown in Figure 6 so as to press the pins 30 forwards, a bar or strip 33 being interposed as shown. The front edges of the strips 28 are thus pressed against the outer sides of the loops of the fastener I4 at equal distances above and below the median plane of the fastener.

Each jaw I has a cylindrical outer surface 34, the axis of which is situated at or near the points at which the plates 28 abut against the loops of the fasteners, this being the point at which the straight parts of the limbs of the fastener merge into the loop part extending around the pin 26. This Iis the point about which` the limbs of the fasteners are to bend.

Each jaw I0 carries at its middle a lever 31 which is integral with the jaw. These two levers extend rearwardly and are pivotally connected to the middle joints 38 of two pairs of toggle levers 49 which are connected to two nuts 42, 44, threaded on a horizontal right-ancl-left hand threaded screw 46 extending from front to rear of the tool and provided with a handle 48 at its rear end. By rotating this screw the nuts 42, 44, may be caused to approach one another, thereby forcing apart the joints 38 of the toggle levers and the rear ends of the levers 37 connected to these joints.

The cylindrical surfaces 34 of the jaws It on either side of the levers 31 fit the concave cylindrical surfaces of segmental bearings 59, of which there are four arranged symmetrically in pairs at opposite sides of the tool', one of the bearings of each pair being above the upper jaw Ie and the other below the lower jaw. Only the lefthand pair of bearings is shown in Figure 3. The right-hand pair are identical with these. The supports for the segmental bearings i! are the same on the two sides of the tool and the ensuing description of one applies also to the other. The bearings 50 are integral with castings 5I, of which there are two pairs, one on each side, and

each pair is held together by means of a bolt 53 f and nuts 55. When required the nuts on the bolt 53 can be slackened to release the distance piece 5l, this can be removed and a fresh parallel sided distance piece 51 of differing size may be inserted between the horizontal meeting faces of the two castings 5I. By providing a number of such interchangeable distance pieces of different thicknesses, the tool can be set up for a number of different belt thicknesses.

The jaws la are integral with the levers 3l and are maintained positively in contact with the cylindrical bearing surfaces of the bearings 50 by providing overhanging shoulders 39 on each of the levers 31, these shoulders having inwardly facing arcuate surfaces fitting similarly curved outwardly facing arcuate surfaces on the castings 5I.

A deviceis provided for holding the bar I8 yieldingly in one of several different positions, this device being used when a fastener is being applied to a belt the width of which is a multiple of the length of the jaws I 0.

Referring to Figures 3 and 9, a plate 94 is secured to the right-hand side'plate 29 (as seen in Figure 3) being shaped as shown in Figure 8 to enable the bar I8 to slide freely through it. A pin 96, Figures 7 and 9 slides vertically in guides 98 (Figure 8) forming part of the plate 94 and is urged upwards by--means of a spring lrllltl. The upper end of the pin 96 is'sh'aped to left-hand side of the tool.

t V notches |02, Figure 8, formed in one edge of the bar I3. The distance between successive notches |92 is equal to the length of the jaws I9. The slope of the sides of the notches is such that the pin holds the bar securely in place during the fixing of the fastener in the belt, while at the same time the operator can move the bar lengthwise by applying sufcient force to cause the pin to be cammed away from the bar against the force of the spring |00. This device facilitates the operation of inserting fasteners into a wide belt because it is not necessary to exercise care in adjusting the belt between the jaws in the direction of the width of the belt.

In Figure 3 a second plate 94 is shown at the The pin 9B within the second plate is in the upper half thereof and is pressed downwardly by its spring. This is to enable the bar I8 to be inserted from either side. As shown in Figure 8 the bar I 8 is notched on one side only. The pin 26, Figure 8, is provided with a handle H14 at one end. This pin can be inserted into the bar I8 only at one end, namely the left-hand end in Figure 6, the right-hand end being stopped off as indicated at Iil'. The handle m4 is so shaped as not to pass through the aperture in either of the plates 94. This, of course, ensures that the other end of the bar is inserted rst, from whichever side it is used. When it is inserted from the left-hand side as viewed in Figures 3 and 8 the notches are uppermost and engage with the pin 96 on Gil a bearings.

the left-hand side. If the bar is inserted from the other side it must be turned upside down so that the notches are below and engage the pin 96 on the right-hand side.

The apparatus is supported on skids 92 made of steel tube and they form part of a supporting cradle made up of steel tubes 93 and at strips 95 welded together, the strips 95 being secured by bolts 91 to the side plates 26, as shown in Figure 1.

In use, after the distance between the jaws has been adjusted to the thickness of the belt to be operated on, the jaws are opened by turning the horizontal threaded spindle 1E so as to bring the parts into the position shown in Figure l, the fasteners Irl are placed in position in the slots in the bar I8 as already described. The belt is inserted between the jaws with its extremity bearing against the front edge of the bar as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. The spindle 46 is then turned to move the nuts 42, 44 towards one another thereby spreading apart the rear ends of the levers 3l. This causes the jaws I0 to turn in the segmental bearings 5!) so that the flat surfaces l2 of the jaws swing about the axes of the surfaces 34, as previously explained, whereby they remain in contact with the whole length of the limbs of the fastener during the inserting operation.

I declare that what I claim is:

1. A tool for inserting fasteners in machine belting comprising in combination segmental bearings, means to set said bearings at various predetermined distances apart relatively to one another, jaws mounted to rotate in said bearings, and overhanging shoulders on said jaws having inwardly facing arcuate surfaces cooperating `with similarly curved outwardly facing arcuate surfaces on said segmental bearings, said surfaces being concentric with said bearing surfaces and serving to maintain said jaws within said bearings whilst allowing their rotation in said 2. A tool for inserting fasteners in machine belting comprising in combination segmental bearings, means to set said bearings at Various predetermined distances apart relatively to one another, jaws mounted to rotate in said bearings, overhanging shoulders on said jaws having inwardly facing arcuate surfaces cooperating with similarly curved outwardly facing arcuate surfaces on said segmental bearings, said surfaces being concentric with said bearing surfaces and serving to maintain said jaws within said bearings whilst allowing their rotation in said bearings, a perforated bar, lugs on said bar to receive the loops of a fastener, and a rod adapted to be received within said perforations to engage the inner side of the fastener loops below the median plane of the fasteners.

3. A tool for inserting fasteners in machine belting comprising in combination segmental bearings, means to set said bearings at various predetermined distances apart relatively to one another, jaws mounted to rotate in said bearings, overhanging shoulders on said jaws having inwardly facing arcuate surfaces cooperating with faces on said segmental bearings, said surfaces being concentric with said bearing surfaces and serving to maintain said jaws Within said bearings Whilst allowing their rotation in said bearings, a perforated bar, lugs on said bar to receive the loops of a fastener, a rod adapted to be received within said perforations to engage the inner side of the fastener loops below the median plane of the fasteners, said bar having notches therein, and a spring controlled pin holding said bar temporarily in a set position.

BERNARD TEBB.

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